Comment by GuB-42
1 day ago
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." - Donald Knuth
Not that relevant in context as the code in question is used to conclude a formal proof, not the other way around. Buy hey, it is a common quote when talking about proving software and someone has to do it...
Context: https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/p.vanemdeboas/knuthnote.pdf
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